The Year 2005 Proceedings of the ASSR-SW


Walter Scalen, Angelina College / Stephen F. Austin State University and J. B. Watson, Jr., Stephen F. Austin State University: Dining With the Devil at Disney World: The Unique Secularization of American Evangelical Churches

Frances Flannery-Dailey, Hendrix College :  An Application of Mary Douglas’ Pollution Theories Toward a Definition of “Monsters” Using the Case Example of Daniel 7-8

Paul Brian Thomas, University of Missouri Kansas City: Sizing Things Up: A Structural Analysis of Proportion in Giant Myths

Joe Barnhart, University of North Texas Facts and Values: A Theory of Interactionism

Linda Kraeger, Grayson College:   Envy: A Psychological Case Study in the Hebrew Bible

Thomas D. Watts, The University of Texas at Arlington: Sayyid Qutb: Prophet of Radical Islam

Todd Jay Leonard,   Hirosaki Gakuin University ( Japan ): Talking to the Other Side:  An Investigative Study of Modern Spiritualist Mediums and their Mediumship

Mary Ann Clark, University of Houston at Clear Lake:   An Exploration of Theodicy in the Santeria Religious Tradition

Jon K. Loessin, Wharton County Junior College:   Matriarchal Ministries: A Pilot Study of Female Senior Pastors